| Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk South Gate Annex South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility | |
|---|---|
| Part of Norfolk Naval Shipyard | |
| Portsmouth, Virginia, United States | |
 Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk, South Gate Annex | |
| Coordinates | 36°48′09″N 76°17′41″W / 36.802400°N 76.294702°W |
| Type | Reserve Fleet |
| Site information | |
| Owner |  United States |
| Operator |  United States Navy |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1946 |
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Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Norfolk was a part of the United States Navy reserve fleets, also called a mothball fleet, and was used to store the many surplus ships after World War II. The Atlantic Reserve Fleet was just south of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, called the South Gate Annex in Portsmouth, Virginia, 2 mi (3.2 km) south of Norfolk, Virginia. The reserve fleet was stored in the freshwater of the Elizabeth River, Southern Branch near the Jordan Bridge. The freshwater was good for long-term storage for ships. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War.[1][2][3][4]
The Norfolk Naval Shipyard's Hampton Roads Facilities at Portsmouth includes: the South Gate Annex, Scott Center Annex, St. Helena Annex and St. Julien's Creek Annex.[5][6][7][8]
- ^ South Gate Annex
- ^ youtube.com, The Mothball Fleet
- ^ youtube.com The USN Mothball Fleet - Storing up for a rainy day
- ^ pilotonline.com Archive: Decaying fleet could break apart, unleash disastrous spill, By Scott Harper, Sep 16, 2009
- ^ globalsecurity.org St. Helena Annex
- ^ Hisotical Marker St. Helena Annex
- ^ "St. Julien's Creek Annex (US Navy)". Mid-Atlantic Superfund. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. August 2009. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
- ^ milbases.com Norfolk Naval Shipyard